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Rafa Benitez feels Chelsea should play a high-tempo recreation towards Real Madrid of their UEFA Champions League semi-final first leg.
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- Last Updated:April 27, 2021, 12:37 IST
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Chelsea should play a high-tempo recreation towards Real Madrid and stretch the Spanish champions with fast passing of their Champions League semi-final first leg afterward Tuesday, Rafa Benitez stated.
Thomas Tuchel’s Chelsea are underdogs towards Real, who’ve gained the competitors 4 occasions within the final seven seasons, and Benitez stated the English facet had to hold tempo within the recreation if they’re to bother the Spaniards.
“I discuss Chelsea needing to play with depth however this doesn’t simply imply working onerous,” Benitez, who has coached both sides, wrote in his column for the Times.
“Intensity can also come from passing.
“When you keep the ball it has to be quick. The pace on the passes has to be high. If Chelsea move the ball quickly — and they have good players who are able to do this — then they can cause problems.”
Benitez stated Chelsea may also be taught from the errors Liverpool made of their quarter-final towards Real.
“It helps Chelsea that one other English crew performed Real within the final spherical,” the former Liverpool boss added. “The quarter-final games will offer some clues to Tuchel on what Liverpool did wrong and how to improve.”
Two goalless attracts of their final three league video games have dented Real’s La Liga title bid and Benitez stated Zinedine Zidane’s facet had been below added strain to ship European glory.
“The reality Real are in a worse place in La Liga … will put extra strain on them to win the Champions League,” he said. “Some of the young players will feel this pressure.”
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